Country Vietnam Capital Mỹ Tho Calling code 73 | Region Mekong Delta Time zone ICT (UTC+7) ISO 3166 code VN-46 | |
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Tiền Giang ( listen) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam.
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Map of Tien Giang, Vietnam
Administrative divisions
Tiền Giang is subdivided into 11 district-level sub-divisions:
They are further subdivided into 7 commune-level towns (or townlets), 144 communes, and 22 wards.
Notable people from Tiền Giang
- Empress Dowager Từ Dũ (1810–1902), mother of the Nguyễn Dynasty's Emperor Tự Đức
- Empress Nam Phương (1914–63), consort of Emperor Bảo Đại, the second and last empress consort of the Nguyễn Dynasty
- Nguyễn Hữu Huân (1830–75), a scholar and leader of an anti-French colonialist movement in Cochinchina
- Nguyễn Thị Thập (1908–96), Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam (1960–75), and Chairwoman of the Women's Federation of Vietnam (1956–74)
- Trương Mỹ Hoa (1945-...), Vice President of Vietnam (2002–07), Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam (1997–2002), Chairwoman of the Women's Federation of Vietnam (1992–98)
- Lê Thanh Hải (1950-...), member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City's Communist Party Committee (2006-date)
- Viet Khang (1973-), Vietnamese song writer and singer, now arrested and held in captivity by the Vietnamese communist regime, for his patriotic songs that highly criticized the regime and its pro-China stance.
References
Tiền Giang Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA